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"Entertaining, thought-provoking...Pearlstein’s very deft assembly manages to raise all these ideas for viewer consideration while underlining that there are few, if any, definitive responses to them."

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- Variety

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FILM FESTIVALS

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Tribeca Film Festival 

WORLD PREMIERE​

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Hot Docs International Film Festival 

INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE

with SPECIAL GUEST DEB FILLER

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Lighthouse International Film Festival 

CLOSING NIGHT FILM

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Traverse City Film Festival

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San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

BERKELEY BIG NIGHT

SPECIAL GUEST RENEE FIRESTONE

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Filmfest Munich

EUROPEAN PREMIERE

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Jerusalem Film Festival

with SPECIAL GUEST ETGAR KERET

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FilmFest Aspen

OPENING NIGHT FILM

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Chicago International Film Festival

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Alexander Valley Film Festival

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Milwaukee International Film Festival

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BFI London Film Festival

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Vermont International Film Festival

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Chagrin Film Festival

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Dallas VideoFest 

JURY PRIZE - BEST DOCUMENTARY

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Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival

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Rome Film Festival

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American Film Festival Poland

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Toronto Jewish Film Festival

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Nashville Jewish Film Festival

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Vancouver Jewish Film Festival

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Teaneck International Film Festival

OPENING NIGHT FILM

SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD

with HONORED GUEST ALAN ZWEIBEL

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UK Jewish Film Festival

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Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival

CENTERPIECE FILM

with SPECIAL GUEST JUDY GOLD

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Gold Coast Film Festival

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Stockholm Film Festival

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St. Louis International Film Festival 

Cinema St. Louis

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Key West Film Festival

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High Falls Film Festival

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Boston Jewish Film Festival​

CENTERPIECE FILM

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Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival 

CLOSING NIGHT FILM

with SPECIAL GUEST JAKE EHRENREICH

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York (PA) Jewish Film Festival 

CLOSING NIGHT FILM

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East Lansing Film Festival

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Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival

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Australian Jewish Film Festival 

CLOSING NIGHT FILM

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IDFA

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Creative Alliance, the Patterson, Baltimore

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Calgary Underground Film Festival

​JW3 Jewish Arts Centre London

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Tahoe Film Festival

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Watch Docs Human Rights Film Festival

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Tacoma Film Festival

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Miami Jewish Film Festival

SPECIAL GUEST JAKE EHRENREICH 

and EUGENE LEBOVITZ

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Central Mass Jewish Film Festival
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Flint Institute of the Arts Screening
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Denver Jewish Film Festival

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Atlanta Jewish Film Festival 

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Charlotte Jewish Film Festival

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Copenhagen Jewish Film Festival

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Washington D.C. Jewish Film Festival 

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Boulder International Film Festival 

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Boulder Jewish Film Festival

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Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival 

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Maine Jewish Film Festival 

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Seattle Jewish Film Festival

MATZOH MOMMA BRUNCH & FILM

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Jacob Burns Film Center Jewish Film Festival 

CENTERPIECE FILM

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Vancouver Jewish Film Centre

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Green Mountain Film Festival 

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Northern Virginia Jewish Film Festival 

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Annapolis Film Festival 

THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE SHOWCASE

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Lisbon Jewish Film Festival

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Serielizados Fest Barcelona

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 JFilm Fest Pittsburgh

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Detroit Jewish Film Festival

OPENING NIGHT with LEONARD MALTIN

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Michiana Jewish Film Festival

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UK Jewish Film Festival 
TRAVELING FESTIVAL

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Doc Edge Film Festival, NZ

with SPECIAL GUEST DEB FILLER

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Edmonton Jewish Film Festival

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Mendocino Film Festival

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Hadoc Documentary Film Festival

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Winnipeg Jewish Film Festival

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Revelation-Perth Intl Film Festival

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Hamptons Jewish Film Festival

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Jewish Arts & Film Festival, Fairfield County

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Austin Jewish Film Festival

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American Jewish Studies Film Festival, DC

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Cinematek Forest Hills Jewish Film Festival

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Twin Cities Jewish Humor Film Festival 

 

Spokane Jewish Cultural Film Festival

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Buffalo Int'l Jewish Film Festival

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CNEX Doc Film Festival Taiwan

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Rahway International Film Festival

WOMAN IN FILM AWARD

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Columbia Jewish Film Festival

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Documentary Edge Festival, NZ

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Jewish Film Festival Berlin & Brandenburg

BERLIN PREMIERE

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THEATRICAL

 

Friar's Club, NYC

THEATRICAL PREMIERE

with SPECIAL GUESTS: 

RENEE FIRESTONE and ALAN ZWEIBEL

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Lincoln Plaza Cinemas, NYC

NYC THEATRICAL PREMIERE

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HotDocs Ted Rogers Cinema, Toronto

TORONTO THEATRICAL PREMIERE 

with ENCORE SCREENINGS

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Harkins Shea 14, Scottsdale Phoenix

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Laemmle Theaters, Los Angeles

LA THEATRICAL PREMIERE - HELD OVER

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DOC10 Chicago

OPENING NIGHT FILM

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Sun-Ray Cinema, Jacksonville, Fla

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Guild Cinema, Albuquerque, NM
 

Cable Car Cinema, Providence, RI
 

Fine Arts Theatre, Asheville, NC
 

Terrace Theater, Charleston, SC​

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Westhampton Arts Center

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Jacob Burns, Westchester, NY

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Montclair Film, NJ

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Water's Edge Cinema, Provincetown, MA

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The Payomet, Truro, Cape Cod, MA

with SPECIAL GUEST JAMES CARROLL

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Martha's Vineyard Film Series, MA

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Ellen Theater, Bozeman, Montana

with SPECIAL GUEST RENEE FIRESTONE

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University of Montana, Missoula

with SPECIAL GUEST RENEE FIRESTONE

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Nitehawk Cinemas

Williamsburg, Brooklyn​

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Alamo DraftHouse, Brooklyn, NY​​

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Heartland Truly Moving Pictures

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Museum of Tolerance, LA

with SPECIAL GUEST RENEE FIRESTONE

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Colonial Theater, Phoenixville, PA​ â€‹â€‹

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Circle Cinema, Tulsa, OK

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WRITINGS/PUBLICATIONS

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LAUGHTER AFTER:

Humor and the Holocaust

WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS

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FAST FUNNY WOMEN:

75 Essays of Flash

WOODHALL PRESS

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SELECT PRESS LINKS

 

Variety
The Associated Press
NY Observer
The Guardian 
The Jerusalem Post
Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA)
The Australian
RogerEbert.com
Hollywood Reporter
Deadline
IndieWire
Aspen Times
Tablet
Huffington Post
Salon.com
Filmmaker Magazine
BoneyAbroad
The Schlemiel in Theory
Dorkshelf
Sag Harbor Online
No Film School
The Reel Word
The Reel Recon
No Spoiler Reviewz
POV Magazine

EDUCATIONAL

 

Museum of Tolerance, LA

SPECIAL GUEST RENEE FIRESTONE​

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Palm Beach County Library, West Boca, Fl

HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY​

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Conference on Jewish Humor 

University of South Carolina 

OPENING NIGHT FILM

VARIOUS SCREENINGS & WORKSHOPS

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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

FACEBOOK LIVE EVENT

FEATURED GUEST

25,000 VIEWERS

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New York University

VISITING PROFESSOR, MULTIPLE VISITS

MULTIPLE  SCREENINGS / Q&As​

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College of Charleston, SC

VISITING PROFESSOR

COMMUNITY LECTURE

SCREENING / Q&A

 

University of Vermont

SCREENING / Q&A​

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University of Virginia

SCREENING / Q&A​

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Franklin & Marshall University

SCREENING / Q&A​

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Purdue University Fort Wayne
Holocaust and Genocide Studies

SCREENING / Q&A

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Westchester University

VISITING PROFESSOR

SCREENING / Q&A​

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University of Pennsylvania

VISITING PROFESSOR

SCREENING / Q&A​

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University of Pennsylvania

Tribeca Film Festival

VISITING PROFESSOR

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Temple Beth Ami

Rockville, MD

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Clark University

VISITING PROFESSOR

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J Cinema, Rockville, Md

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Vincennes University 

the Humanities Film and Lecture Series​

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North Suburban Synagogue Beth El, IL

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Temple Har Shalom, Park City​

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Munich International School (MIS)

Middle and High School

3-DAY CONFERENCE & WORKSHOPS 

FEATURED GUEST 

with ROBERT EDWARDS

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Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy

Middle School

SPECIAL GUEST & LECTURER

HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY

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Association for Jewish Studies (AJS) 

Annual Convention

PRIMARY LECUTURER 

SCREENING / Q&A​

 

Association for Jewish Studies (AJS) 

Annual Convention

PRIMARY LECTURER 

WORKSHOP on HOLOCAUST HUMOR

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The Jewish Community Scholar Program

"GREAT JEWISH MINDS" Series

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Classrooms Without Borders

PRIMARY LECTURER ADDRESSING EDUCATORS 

 

Union for Reform Judaism

 Biennial Presentation

ADDRESSED 250 REFORM RABBIS

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The Ghetto Fighters’ Holocaust 

and Jewish Resistance Heritage Museum

"TALKING MEMORY" 

GUEST LECTURER

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Palm Beach County Library, West Boca, Fl

 Holocaust Remembrance Day 

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The Florida Holocaust Museum

SPECIAL SCREENING / Q&A â€‹

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Colorado Mesa University

SERIES OF PANELS

SPECIAL SCREENING / Q&A 

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Clark University, Higgins School of Humanities

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Washington University, St. Louis​

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Palm Springs Jewish Film Festival

SCREENING / Q&A w HANALA SAGAL

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Brooklyn Jewish Art Gallery at CKI

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Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights

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Wilshire Boulevard Temple, LA, Ca

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Moses Brown School, Providence, RI

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Congregation Beth El Jewish Film Fest

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YIVO, NYC
SPECIAL SCREENING / DISCUSSION w ALAN ZWEIBEL 

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